Coin counting, registering, and wrapping machine.



No. 69l,435. Patented lan. 2|, |902.

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COIN COUNTING, REGISTERING. AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

{Application led Oct. 7, 1901.)

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COIN COUNTING, REGISTERINVG, AND WRAPPING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. BATDORF, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

com CouNTlNe, REGISTERING, AND wRAPPlNe MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 691,435, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed October 7, 1901. Serial No. 77,835. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: w

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BA'iiDonF, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Brooklyn, in the borough of Brooklyn and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Goin Counting, Registering, and Wrapping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a certain new and useful machine adapted particularly for automatically counting and registering coins and applying a wrapper to an assembled bunch of coins where the wrapping of the coins into convenient packages is desired.

My invention consists of the parts and the constructions, arrangement-s, and combinations of parts which I shall hereinafter describe and claim.

The essential object of my invention is to provide a simple compact machine which will readily handle the accumulation of coins received from the now extensively-used slotmachines or coin-actuated machines which vend articles or give information or some other return upon the deposit of a coin of predetermined size or value into the machine.

The proper counting and handling of the large number of coins obtained from the source above indicated, as Well as the accurate counting of coins paid into large department and other stores, banks, 85e., is a heavy task and necessitates the employment ot` .clerks or others for the purpose, and such persons, unless specially skilled in counting, often iind it difficult to continue the counting for any great length of time without great fatigue, while errors are likely to arise because of a miscount. To meet the conditions above noted and to facilitate the easyand accurate handling of coins and to register the total number of coins and wrap the coins into packages convenient for commercial use, I have devised the present invention, which performs the entire labor automatically and in a very efcient and practical manner.

In the accompanying drawings I illustrate a practical form ot' mymachine, like characters of reference indicating corresponding parts throughout said drawings.

Figure l represents a plan View of a coin counting, registering, and wrapping machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached View in side elevation and part section of the wrapping mechanism. Fig. 4t is a planview of Fig. 3, the plate 50 being omitted for the sake of clearness. Figs. 5 and 6 are details to be referred to.

In carrying out my invention I employ a framework or structure of any desired size, material, and design, and u pon or within this I appropriately mount the operating part-s of the machine. rlhe frame lO is horizontally disposed and is supported upon st-andards 11, by which it may be secured to a tloor or platform. Within the frame is appropriately mounted a main shaft l2,to which is fixed agrooved wheel 13, which may receive power from any wellknown form of motor through the medium of a belt. On the same shaftis also fixed a pulley l4,which controls the Wrapping mechanism, as I will hereinafter describe. The outer end of the shaft l2 has fixed to it a crankarm l5, to which a pitman 16 is pvotally connected, said pitman being in turn connected with a slide-bar 17, which is designed to be continuously reeiprocated by the crank and pitman. This reciprocating mechanism also carries a push-bar 18, which operates in a channel 19 and is designed to successively advance the coins, as I will presently indicate, said push-bar having a recessed portion at 2O and an inclined portion at 2l, the essential purpose ot which I will hereinafter make known.

A horizontal table portion 22 is appropriately supported from the main frame-say by means of the bracket 23 in Fig. l-and it has rising from it a tube 2l, into which the coins are received from a suitable hopper, (not shown,) said tube being preferably made of glass or other transparent material to enable the operator to view the condition-,0jA the coins therein. Ordinarily when the coins 'fa given size and denomination are dumped into the hopper they pass into the tube in a uniform condition and no choking of the tube occurs;

but if by chance there should be a tendency of the coins to choke, and thusinterfere with the continuous operation of the machine, the coins in the tube may be discharged outside of the machine by the withdrawal of a slide 25 in the table, said slide controlling an opon- IOO ing in the table and uncovering said opening when withdrawn to allow the coins to drop through the opening to the outside. Assuming that the ordinary conditions will prevail, the coins in the tube pass successively out. of the bottom of the latter and onto the table just in front of atransverse reciprocating slide-bar 26, and which bar when operated ejects the lowermost coin into a hoppershaped receptacle composed of Haring plates 27, rising from the main frame 10 and from a plate 28, parallel therewith and secured thereto and separated from the frame to form the guide or channel 19, through which the coins are conveyed bythe push-bar 18. The coins upon entering between the flaring plates 27 turn edgewise and drop into the channel 19 just in advance of the continuously-reciprocating push-bar, and by this bar they are carried along the guide or channel 19 to the coin-holder, to be presently described.

The coin-ejecting slide-bar 26 is actuated as follows: It is connected with one end ofa link 29,wl1ose opposite end is pivotally mounted upon the table, said link having a spring 30 bearing against it and tending to hold the slide-bar 26 in a forward position beneath the lower end of the tube. Within the table 24 is also mounted a vertical shaft 31, to one end of which is fixed a lever-arm 32, which contacts with the link 29, while on the other end of said shaft is alever-arm 33,which lies in the path of a pin or stud 34, carried by the reciprocating slide-bar 17,Y as shown in Fig. 1, whereby as the slide operates in its forward movement to advance one coin in the channel or guide 19 the pin or stud strikes the lover-arm 33 and rocks the shaft 31 and causes the lever-arm 32 to movethe link 29 and slidebar 26 outwardly against the pressure of the spring 30. This uncovers theibottom of the tube 24 and allows another coin to drop onto the tablein the path of the slide-bar 26, so that when the main slide-bar 17 is in the first portion of its return movement the pin or stud 34 moves away from the lever-arm 33 and the lever-arm 32 moves away from the link 29, and the spring 30'then forces said link inward and causes the slide-bar 26 to eject said coin and discharge it into the channel 19. If any of the coins are bent or crooked or not true in shape, the presence of such coin in the completed package would impair the continuity and evenness of the package and cause some irregularity, and, possibly, if the coin was much bent, tend to cause the package of assembled coins to bulge outwardly. I therefore have made provision for the automatic discharge of bent coins from the machine before saidcoin can be carried forward by the actuating push-bar 17. The guide or channel 19 has a greater vertical depth than the diameter of a coin, and its width is such that it will loosely receive a perfect or straight coin, and a bent or crooked coin entering the upper portion of the inlet to the channel will be caught and held in the upper portion of the channel by the walls thereof. The pushbar 17 has, as before mentioned, an inclined upper surface 21, and during-the forward reciprocation of this bar said inclined surface will strike a bent coin caught between the walls of the'channel and will dislodge said coin and carry it forward and allow it to drop to the outside of the machine through an opening 35, specially made in the frame of the machine for that purpose.

At or near the forward end of the channel or guide 19 is a pivotally-mounted lever 36, the forward end of which lies in the channel in the path of the coins therein, whereby as each is advanced by the push-bar it contacts with and. raises the lever about its pivotal center. The free end of the lever is pivotally connected with one end of a link 37, which is in turn pivotally connected with an arm 39, extending from a shaft 40, carrying atene side of the frame of the machine a ratchetwheel 41, having, for exainple,iifty (50) teeth,

,said arm 39 having a pawl 43 to engage these teeth and advance the wheel a distance of one tooth each timel a coin passes beneath the lever 36. The arm 39 is held down by a spring, or the weight of the parts may be utilized to return the parts to normal position after the passage and registering of each coin. A retaining-pawl 44 is also used in connection with the ratchet-wheel, and the end of the shaft maybe providedwith a knurl of ordinary form for restoring the ratchet-wheel to normal position. These devices will register the passage of, say, fifty coins; but provision may be made for registering any number of coins by using any well-known form of registering mechanism.V In Figs. 1 and 2 I show a second ratchet-wheel42, with, say, sixty teeth, this wheel being fixed to a shaft 40', from which an arm 45 extends downwardly into the path of movement of a pin 46, carried by the firstnamed ratchet-wheel 4l, whereby upon said first-named wheel making a complete revolution said pin 46 will strike the arm 45' and cause its pawl 43/ to advance the wheel 42 a distance equal to one tooth. The wheel 42 also has the usual retaining-pawl 44 engaging its teeth.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2 and to the detailed views, Figs. 3 and 4, for a clear understanding of the coin-holder, 47 is a rod or bar which is mounted to slide in a bracket 47 transversely across the frame just at the forward end of the channel or guide 19, said rod or bar having an end stop or plate 48, against which the coins are assembled. This rod or bar is connected with a spring 49, which tends to maintain the bar toward the delivery end of the coin guide or channel 19, said spring yielding to permit the bar to be pushed back by the coins arriving successively at the end of the channel 19. The bar 47 forms a rest or seat for the lower edges of the coins, and a spring or plate 50 bears upon the upper forward edges of the coins and serves to retain the coins in an u pri ght position IOO IIO

and in line and to prevent their being thrust too far. This spring or plate may be pivotally secured, so that it can be raised out of the way when the machine is employed for counting alone and when it is not desired to wrap the coins inA packages or when the wrapping mechanism is thrown out of action. A curved bar 6 serves as a rear support for the coins. Before the coins can enter the coin-holder thus formed by the bar 47 and spring or plate 50 they must first contact with a lever 5l, Fig. 4, pivotally secured between its ends to the frame and having one end depressed into the path of the coin in the channel or guide 19 and the other end adapted to bear upon the coin last received in the coin holder. Thus as a coin strikes the curved end a of the lever 51 and forces this end outwardly and causesthe other end b to be moved in an opposite direction, and thereby force the coin-holder transversely to afford accommodation for the incoming coin, which latter coin being still carried forward by the push-bar (the latter being recessed at 2O to allow it to pass the lever 5l) until it has passed the end a of the lever, when a spring 5la returns the lever to normal position and lifts the heel end b, so that the coin may enter in line with the coins previously assembled. When the desired number-say fty-of coins has been assembled in the holder, the bunch will be ready for wrapping, if such wrapping is desired,and it is at substantially this period of the operation-namely, at the end of the revolution of the wheel 4l, betweenthe starting and stopping of the counting of the fiftieth coin-that a lug 52 on the side of a wheel or disk 53 on the shaft 40 strikes the free end of a lever 54, said lever being fulcrumed at c and having its opposite end provided with a pin 55, which slides through the frame at 55'. As the lever 54 is thus operated the pin 55 is withdrawn from behind a spring-pressed pawl 56, carried by a disk 57, fast on the shaft 63. A grooved Wheel 57', loose on shaft 60, is constantly rotated by a belt from the pulley 14 on the main shaft l2 and has a ratchet-wheel 5l2 rigid with it. The pawl 56 being thus released by the withdrawal of the pin 55 springs into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 58, and remains in such engagement to operate the wrapping devices during one revolution of the wheel 57', when the pawl strikes the end of the pin 55, the lever 54 now being in its normal position, and is raised thereby out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchetwheel 58, allowing the loose wheel 57' to continue rotation without actuating the wrapping devices and which devices I will now describe.

Upon a shaft 60, suitably journaled across the main frame l0, is fixed a gear-wheel 6l, which meshes with a similar gear-wheel 62 on a shaft 63, arranged in the main frame parallel with the shaft 60. Loose upon the shaft and just back of the gear-wheel 6l is the coin-conveyer, adapted to transfer the bunch of coins to the wrapping mechanism. The coin-conveyer includes a frame 64, eX- tending transversely and substantially centrally mounted upon the shaft 60. To the opposite ends of the frame 64 are pivotally mounted the levers or jaws 65, one end of which is designed to be engaged by appropriate cams 66 on the shaft 60, while the opposite ends carry adjustable points or screws 67, inwardly extending and adapted to bear upon the opposite ends of the assembled package or bunch of coins in the coin-holder. The jaws or levers 65 are united by a spring 68 of sufficient power to hold the bunch of coins together during the transfer to the wrapping mechanism, and the normal condition of the jaws is open, they being held open by the cams 66 until the wrapping mechanism is set in motion, as presently described, when the cams release the inner ends of the jaws, and the spring 68 immediately closes the jaws and draws the holding points or screws with sufficient power against the outside coins at both ends of the bunch to prevent displacement of coins during the transfer to the wrapping devices. The frame 64 of the coin conveyer or transferrer also has an arm 69, to which is connected a rod or arm 70, having a slot through which extends the shaft 63, said rod or arm 69 carrying on its inner side a Iianged roller 7l, which is engaged by a cam 72 on the shaft 63, and having a substantially straight face at 73, and which face acting upon the flanged roller causes the rod or arm 70 to be forced rearward, which movement rocks the coin conveyer or transferrer about the shaft 60 and advances the bunch or package of coins held by the jaws to the wrapping devices.

On the shaft 63 is a drum 74, around which and suitable direction-rollers'75, 76, and 77 passes a belt 73, of kidY or other flexible material, a vertical portion of this belt lying between the rollers 76 and 77 being in the path of the bunch of coins carried by the coin conveyer or transferrer. The roller is carried by swinging arms 79, loosely mounted upon the shaft 63 and connected to suitable springs 79', and the roller 77 is mounted in the end of an arm 8O on a shaft 8l, upon which shaft is also an inclined lever 8l', whose free end is adapted to ride upon a cam 82 on the shaft 63 and having a straight working face at 82'. From this arrangement of parts it will be manifest that as the bunch of coins carried by the transferrer or conveyer strikes the portion of belt 78 the beltgives or is slackened by the arm 79 swinging about the shaft 63 and the cam 82 lifting the lever1 8l' and correspondingly elevating the roller 77, the position of this roller and of the roller 75, carried by the swinging arm, and the advanced position of the bunch of coins being shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The bunch or package of coins is thus inclosed in a pocket formed by the belt 78 and the rollers 76 and 77, a strip of paper being between said bunch IOO ICS

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or package and the belt, the bunch or package being revolved by the friction of the belt to cause said strip of paper to be wrapped around the coins to form an envelop or wrapper therefor. The paper for the wrapper is supplied from a roll or web 83, appropriately mounted upon a shaft 84 in the main frame, and the paper passes over a roller or drum 85 on the shaft 86 and after passing between knives or cutters hangs loosely in front of the vertical portion of the belt 78. An intermittent feed of the paper is produced by a rack-bar 87 engaging a gear-wheel 88 on the shaft of the drum or roller 85, over which the paper passes, the tension of the paper being regulated by a spring-pressed roller 89 and only sufficient paper being fed forward at each movement of the rack-bar to form a wrapper for each bunch of coins. The rack-bar is guided by a roller 87. or equivalent means and has a pin 90 Working in a slot 91 in an arm 91 of the coin conveyer or transferrer, as shown in Fig. 3, and said coin conveyer or transferrer is connected to a stationary part-say the main frame-bya spring 92, which returns the conveyer to a normal position after it has yielded up its bunch of coins to the wrapping mechanism. A retaining-pawl 85' is used to prevent the back movement of the drum 85.

The paper-cutting appliances include a fixed and movable blade 93 94, said movable blade 94 being carried by a sliding frame or bar 95, appropriately guided and operated by a rod 96, connected to an arm 97 on a shaft 98, said shaft also carrying a lever-arm 99, against the free end of which rides a cam 100 on the shaft 63, whereby the shaft 98 is rocked and the movable blade forced into contact with the fixed blade and the required length of paper necessary fora wrapper severed from the web. The slide which carries the movable blade 94 also carries a block of wood or other material 101, and opposing this block is a sponge 102, back of which is a receptacle or reservoir d, containing mucilage, paste, or other adhesive material, which saturates the sponge, whereby when the block presses upon the sponge a portion of the adhesive material is transferred to the outer surface of the edge of the severed strip of paperto insu re the pasting of the free edge of the Wrapper at the completion of the wrapping operation, before described. If desired, a type-roller 103, supplied with ink from a roller 104 and held by a springpressed arm 105 against the roll of paper, may be employedvto imprint upon the sheet at regular intervals the denomination or value of the coins in each wrapped bunch, and also the name of t-he bank or other owner of the coins.

In order that the ends of the paper wrapper may be folded, crimped, or turned inward to properly secure the coins in the wrapper, I provide the arms 80 with a iianged roller 106, which during the wrapping operation assumes the position relative to the bunch of coins shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The operation of my machine will be readily understood from the foregoing detailed description and from the following: The shaft 60 makes one revolution through the action of the gears at each operation, and the parts are so timed as to operate to perform their functionssuccessively. When,say,fiftycoins have been assembled in the holder and the register be made, as before described, the pin 55 releases the pawl 56, which immediately engages the ratchet-wheel, which is fixed to and continuously revolves with the belt-wheel 57', loose on the shaft 63. As the pawl is carried by a disk 57, fast on the shaft 68, it follows that the power from the motor is now transmitted to the shaft. As soon as the pin 55 releases the pawl it returns to its normal position, so that when the pawl again meets the pin, which is held stationary, said pawl is lifted out of engagement with the ratchetwheel,and thus detaches the gear and its connected grooved wheel from direct connection with the shaft. During this single revolution of the pawl with the ratchet-wheel the operation of lifting the bunch of coins from the holder and transferring the coins to the wrapping devices is completed and the bunch of coins is released and the coin-holder is returned to its normal position. The motion thus given the shaft 63 sets in operation the gears 61 and 62 and shaft 60,with its cams 66, on the first movement of which the arms or jaws 65 are released and are drawn inward by the spring to grasp the ends of the bunch of coins, when immediately the cam 72 on the shaft 63 acts upon the roller 71 of the arm 70 and rocks the coin-conveyer about the shaft 60 and transfers the bunch of coins to the dotted positionin Fig. 3, ready to receive the wrapper. As the coin-conveyer moves back into its normal position the arm 91' actuates the rack-bar 87 of the paper-feeding mechanism and delivers sufficient paper for the next package or bunch of coins. The paper for the wrapper hanging in front of the bunch of coins is carried by the latter into the dotted position,and a pocketis formed by the belt 78. At the same time cutting appliances have severed the strip of paper to be used as the wrapper and the adhesive material has been applied thereto, and as the belt 78 revolves,the direction-rollers 75 and 77 and crimping-roller 106 being in the dotted position shown, due to the before-described action of their respective cams, the paper is wrapped around the coins,and the ends of the wrapper folded or crimped. The cam 82 now allows the lever 81 to drop and the belt to assume a normal position, and the cams 66 force the jaws of the coin-holder open, and thereby releases the package of wrapped coins, which may fall into a receptacle properly placed to receive it. The coin-holder is now brought back to its normal position by the spring, and the arm 91' raises the rack-bar 87 and actuates the ratchet-wheel 88 and revolves the drum 85, which may be of wood with rubber IOO IIC

bands on its surface, and feeds forward a supply of paper for the next wrapper.

It will be apparent that if the transverse slide-bar 47 is brought forward and fastened and the belt slipped from the wheel 57 the machine can be used for counting coins without wrapping, the coins being delivered suc` cessively into a bag or receptacle (not shown) placed to receive them. It will also be understood that the movements herein described and the results stated may be accomplished by various modifications of the several parts and by other specific arrangements. Therefore I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact parts shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of means for advancing the coins separately, means for registering each coin advanced, and a wrapping mechanism normally inoperative and set in operation by the registering devices.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a receptacle for the coins, means for advancing the coins separately, means actuated by each advancing coin for registering the number of coins advanced, a normally inoperative wrapping mechanism, and connections between the same and the registering devices.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a receptacle for the coins, a coin guide or channel, means for feeding the coins separately thereto, a push-bar for advancing the coins along the guide or channel, means actuated by each advancing coin for registering the number of coins advanced, means for operating the push-bar, and a wrapping mechanism set in operation by the registering devices during the registering of a nal coin.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination of coin-feeding devices, coinregistering devices, and a normally inoperative coin-wrapper set in operation by the registering devices.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a feeding mechanism; a registering mechanism; bundling devices; and a normally inoperative wrapping mechanism. set in operation by the registering mechanism during the register of a final coin of the bundle.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a tube in which the coins are placed, a support for the tube, upon which the coins successively drop,a slide for ejectin g single coins, a chute into which said ejected coin passes, a longitudinal guide or channel connecting with the chute, a push-bar for advancing the coin along the guide or channel, means for registering the coin as it passes through the guide or channel, and means for operating the push-bar.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a tube in which the coins are placed, a slide controlling the discharge end of the tube, a spring-pressed link connected with the slide, a shaft, having an arm to bear upon the link, a reciprocating slide mechanism, and a second arm on the shaft in the path of the reciprocating mechanism, for rocking the shaft and actuating the firstnamed slide.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination of means for advancing coins separately, means for registering the passage of each coin, means for assembling the coins in a bunch, a wrapping mechanism normally inoperative and set in motion by the registering mechanism, and means for transferring the bunch of coins thereto.

9. -In a machine of the character described,

the combination of means for supplying coins separately, a guide or channel for the coins, a push-bar to reciprocate in the guide and advance the coins separately,a registering mechanism and a connection therefrom, and a pivoted lever having one end in the path of the coin whereby the lever is actuated and the passage of each coin is registered.

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination of means for supplying coins separately, a guide or channel for the coins, a reciprocating push-bar operating in the guide or channel, for advancing the coins separately, a lever pivotally mounted and having its free end in the path of the advancing coin, independent shafts with registering-wheels, arms projecting from the shafts, a pin or stud on one wheel adapted to engage the arm on the shaft of the other wheel whereby the latter wheel makes a partial revolution at the completion of a revolution of the first-named wheel, and a link connecting the arm cf the first-named wheel with said lever.

ll. In a machine of the character described, the combination of means for supplying coins separately, a guide or channel for the coins, havin g' such width relative to a true coin that a bent coin will lodge in the entrance to the guide or channel, and means for dislodging such bent coin and delivering it outside of the machine.

l2. In amachine of the character described, the combination of means for supplying coins separately, a guide or channel for the coins, having such Width relative to a true coin that a bent coin will lodge in the entrance to the guide or channel, and a reciprocating pushbar operating in the guide or channel and having an inclined surface adapted to engage and dislodge a stuck coin.

13. In a machine of the character described, the combination with means for supplying coins, means for advancing the coins separately and means for registering the passage of each coin, of coin-assembling devices including a spring-pressed slide-bar arranged at right angles to the forward movement of the coins, and having an end plate, means for IIO maintaining the coins in line transversely, and a lever pivotally secu red between its ends and having one end disposed in the path of the advancing coin whereby said lever is rocked about its pivotal center, and its opposite end. pushes the previouslyassembled coins transversely to provide space for the reception of the advancing coin.

14. In a machine of the character described, the combination with means for supplying coins, means for advancing the coins separately, means for registering the advance of each coin, and means for assembling a predetermined number of coins, of a wrapping mechanism having a constantly rotating member, a clutch mechanism between the said member and the registering mechanism whereby the registering of the final coin of the predetermined number actnates the clutch and connects the wrapping mechanism with the constantly-rotating member, and means for transferring the bunch of assembled coins to the wrapping devices.

15. In a machine of the character described, the combination with coin supplying, registering andassembling devices, of a wrapping mechanism including a paper supply and means for severing the paper into lengths, a shaft and means for supplying power thereto, an endless traveling belt having a portion disposed inline with the assembled coins, means for clamping the bunch of coins, means for transferring the bunch of coins to the aforesaid portion of belt, means permitting the belt to slacken and form an inclosing pocket for the bunch of coins, and means for releasing the clamps from the bunch to enable the bunch to be rolled and the paper wrapper applied.

16. In a machine of the character described, the combination with coin supplying, registering and assembling devices, of means for wrapping the bunch of coins including a shaft and a constantly-rotatin g member loose thereon, and carrying a ratchet-wheel, a disk fast on the shaft and carrying a pawl, a pivotallymounted lever having a pin to trip said pawl and throw the disk into and out of connection with the power, said lever having a portion to be actuated by the registering devices during the completion of the register of a final coin, an endless belt disposed in the path of the bunch of coins, means for transferring the bunch of coins to said belt, means for feeding a strip of paper in front of the belt, means permitting the belt to slacken to receive the bunch of coins and form a pocket therefor, a paper-cutting mechanism, and means for applying adhesive material to the severed strip of paper.

17. Inamachine of the character described, the combination with coin supplying, register and assembling devices, of an intermittently-operatin g wrapping mechanism including an endless belt having a portion disposed in the path of assembled coins,means for transferring the bunch of assembled coins to said belt including a rocking frame and pivotallymounted jaws carried thereby and adapted to rictionally hold the coins together during the transfer of the bunch to the belt, means for spreading the jaws to cause them to release the bunchof coins after the latter has been deposited in the belt and means for returning the coin-carrying devices to normal position.

18. In a machine of the character described, the combination with coin supplying, registering and assembling devices, of a wrapping mechanism including a shaft having a iiXed member, a member loose on the shaft and constantly rotated by the power, means for clutching said constantly-rotating member with said fixed member and thereby operating the shaft, a second shaft, intermeshing gears on said shafts, a frame fulcrumed upon one of said shafts and pivotally-carried levers or jaws in opposite ends of said frame, said jaws having adjustable contact-points adapted to engage the opposite ends of the bunch of coins, a rod extending from said fulcrumed frame, a cam on one of said shafts for operating said rod thereby rocking said frame and transferring the bunch of coins, a belt disposed in the path of the bunch of coins, direction-rollers for the belt and arms carrying said rollers one of said arms being loosely mounted on one of said shafts and a cam on said last-named shaft for positively raising anotherdirection-roller whereby the belt is slackened to receive the bunch of coins carried by the fulcrumed frame, paper-feeding mechanism for feeding a strip of paper over the face of the belt, paper-cutting devices, and a cam on one of said shafts for actuating the same.

19. Ina machine of the character described, the combination with coin supplying, registering, and assembling devices, of a wrapping mechanism including an intermittently-operating paper-supply, a belt and direction-pulleys therefor, arms carrying said pulleys one of said arms loosely mounted, a shaft for the other arm said arm carrying a anged creasing-roller, a second arm on the shaft of the last-named arm, parallel shafts and intermeshing gears thereon, one of said last-named shafts provided with cams, one of which raises one of the direction-rollers and the other actuates the paper-cutting devices, a swinging frame mounted loosely upon the other of the parallel shafts and provided with means for grasping the opposite ends of the bunch of coins said frame having an extended arm, a cam engaging said last-named arm and swing- 'ing said frame to transfer the bunch of coins to the belt, connections between said frame and the paper-feed for actuating the latter, and means for releasing the bunch of coins and allowing the frame to return to a normal position.

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tnit-tently-operating Wrapping mechanism including a belt and direction-pulleys therefor' said belt having a portion disposed in line with the bunch of coins, a paper feeding and cutting mechanism, said paper hangingloosely in front of said belt, means for causing the belt to slacken and form an inclosing pocket for the bunch of coins and the paper strip, means for releasing the bunch of coins to enable the belt to rotate the same and apply the wrapper and means for returning the parts to normal position to discharge the Wrapped package.

2l. In a machine ofthe character described, the combination of a coin-supply, a guide or channel for the coin, a reciprocating pushbar for advancing the coins separately along the guide or channel, a lever in the path of the coins and a registering-wheel operated by said lever to register the passage of each coin, a disk on the shaft of said Wheel and provided with a lug, a Wrapping mechanism having a constantly-rotating member on the main shaft thereof, a ratchet-Wheel fast to said member, a disk liXed to said shaft, and carrying a spring-pressed pawl, normally out of engagement with said ratchet-wheel, a fulcrumed lever having one end to be engaged by the lug on the said first-named disk when the last coin of a predetermined number is being registered, a pin carried by the other end of said lever, and adapted to release said pawl to establish connection between the power and the main shaft of the wrapping mechanism.

22. A coin counting and wrapping machine including the following, in combination: a coin-supply; a coin-guide; means for advancing the coins separately along said guide; means for registering the advance of each coin; means for assembling the coins in bunches; an intermittently-operating wrapping mechanism and means for applying a fiexible wrapper to the bunch of coins; and a transfer mechanism for automatically transferring the bunch of coins to the wrapping mechanism.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES S. BA'IDORF. IVitnesses:

GEO. W. TODD,

G. WILLARD RICH. 

